(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — After a suburban school was cheated out of thousands of dollars by someone pretending to represent the famous Bucket Boys, the real group decided to make things right.
The Parent Teacher Organization at Goodrich Elementary School in Woodridge thought it had booked the Bucket Boys to perform there in April.
The Bucket Boys are represented by Magnificent Events, which is owned by Dave Calzaretta.
He says the PTO paid about $4,000 to someone falsely claiming to be from Magnificent Events and the money vanished.
Calzaretta said he learned about the scam when the PTO at Goodrich contacted him.
“When I pictured 300 kids sitting there waiting for an assembly to start. That never happened. I mean, it just really moved me and I said, if I could do something to put a smile on those kids faces, it was just a no brainer to me at that point to try and act and do something.”
Calzaretta said that's when he and John Bryant, the owner and founder of the Bucket Boys, arranged to have the group perform at the school next Wednesday.
“I called John Bryant who is the founder and owner of the Bucket boys. He and I work together all the time. And I said, ‘John, we got to do something here.’
“And so we got together with the PTO of Goodrich and we decided to bring out the real Bucket Boys for them for a performance at the school so that the kids could get the assembly that they originally wanted and that they deserved.”
Calzaretta said he hopes the children see that there are good people in the world, even when bad things happen.
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